Cindy Sherman (*1954) is a pivotal figure in the history of appropriation art and one of the world’s best-known contemporary artists. Since the late 1970s, she has been photographing herself in roles inspired by mass-media stereotypes, but also real people and art-historical imagery. Her unique quasi-theatrical approach reveals the degree to which these stereotypes are entrenched in the cultural imagination. Sherman’s influential, complex oeuvre draws upon cinema, realism and the grotesque, and it is embedded in a number of postmodern and feminist theories. The New York-based artist has been associated with the gallery since 1987.
She Said, She Said: Contemporary Women Artists, installation view, Akron Art Museum, 2025
Photo: Mike Carden / Akron Beacon Journal
Photo: Mike Carden / Akron Beacon Journal
She Said, She Said: Contemporary Women Artists
Group Exhibition
Akron Art Museum, Akron, Ohio
Through August 10, 2025
This exhibition offers a rich exploration of the multifaceted nature of being a woman, and a woman artist, by celebrating 37 artists of different generations, cultures, and disciplines with artworks dating from the late 1960s to the present. As demonstrated throughout the presentation, one singular female perspective does not exist. Rather, there are numerous and diverse perspectives and methods of creation by which women assert their place, not only in the world of art and museums, but in society at large. The exhibition highlights artwork that is expressive, celebratory, critical, and often intimate, creating a dynamic experience that shifts from room to room and artwork to artwork.
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